蟺

蟺 U+87FA, 蟺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87FA ← 蟹 [U+87F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟻 → [U+87FB]

Translingual

Han character

蟺 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, Cangjie input 中戈卜田一 (LIYWM), four-corner 5011₆, composition ⿰虫亶)

1. earthworm

Derived characters

• 灗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1099, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33671
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 5
• Unihan data for U+87FA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (旦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		蟺
alternative forms		灗

Uncertain. Thought STEDT connects the word to 螾 (OC *lin, *linʔ, “earthworm”), modern Old Chinese reconstructions do not appear to support this.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴
    • Yale: shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sin⁶
    • Yale: sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyenX

Rime
Character	蟺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常演切
Baxter	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑianX/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛnX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djanʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟺
Reading #	1/1
No.	2093
Phonetic component	旦
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	善
Old Chinese	/*djanʔ/

Definitions

蟺

1. only used in 蜿蟺 (wānshàn)
2. alternative form of 蟮 (shàn)
   • c. 3rd century BCE, 荀子 [Xunzi], chapter 1, in 荀子 [Xunzi]:

     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴無可寄託者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴无可寄托者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shé shàn zhī xué wú kě jì tuō zhě, yòng xīn zào yě. [Pinyin]

     A crab has six feet and two pincers, but it cannot live without the holes of snakes and eels, it is because it has an uncalm heart.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蟺 – see 蟬 (“cicada; a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蟬).

Japanese

Kanji

蟺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)、ぜん (zen)、たん (tan)、だん (dan)
• Kun: みみず (mimizu)